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@Keir_Starmer
*LABOUR: 125 ACHIEVEMENTS IN 22 MONTHS - THE RECEIPTS*
*Tories 2010-2024*: 11.1% inflation, 745,000 migration, 7.8m NHS list, 0% growth 2023, £22bn black hole, Rwanda £700m for 4 volunteers. _Made UK a joke_: Truss crashed economy in 44 days. Johnson partied in lockdown.
*Labour 22 months*: _125 Acts/Policies/Wins_. All costed. All funded. _3/4 of manifesto pledges completed or in progress_ — Fact Check.
*Sources*:
gov.uk, ONS, Bank of England, OBR, NHS, Home Office, CBI Economics, The Guardian, Fact Check
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### *UK RESPECTED AGAIN*
- *NATO June 2025*: Starmer pledged 5% defence GDP by 2035. £70m frozen Russian assets for Ukraine missiles. Biden: “UK leadership is back”
- *US-UK Special Relationship*: Starmer only EU leader at Biden’s final Camp David summit
- *Ukraine*: £3bn per year military aid. 60,000 troops trained. Zelenskyy: “True friend”
- *EU Reset May 2025*: _£9bn_ to economy by 2040. _£5.1bn/year_ boost. €150bn defence fund access. Von der Leyen: “New chapter of trust”
- *India Deal July 2025*: _£6bn_ investment. _2,200 jobs_. _£4.8bn GDP boost/year_
- *Gulf States May 2026*: _£3.7bn_ trade deal. _UK first G7 nation_ to sign GCC deal
- *China Reset 2026*: 30-day visa-free travel Scotch whisky tariff 10% → 5%
- *CPTPP Joined*: UK in £12 trillion Indo-Pacific trade bloc
### *ARMED FORCES*
- *Defence spending*: Committed to 5% GDP by 2035. Fastest sustained increase since Cold War. NATO June 2025
- *Ukraine leadership*: £3bn per year military aid. 60,000 Ukrainian troops trained in UK
- *VALOUR*: New Armed Forces Commissioner established. Independent champion for serving personnel, veterans and families. Powers to investigate welfare, housing, and support issues
- *Homes for Heroes*: Dedicated programme to end veterans’ homelessness. Priority social housing access wraparound support for ex-forces
- *UK defence industry investment*: Major contracts placed with British firms for new submarines, ships, and drones. Backing UK steel, shipbuilding and tech. Thousands of skilled jobs secured across Barrow, Rosyth, Plymouth, and Glasgow
- *Veterans*: Armed Forces Covenant fully enshrined in law. Faster access to mental health support via Op COURAGE expansion
- *Service housing*: £400m to upgrade 35,000 forces homes. Scrapped Tory plan to charge VAT on military accommodation
- *Pay*: Independent Armed Forces Pay Review Body award accepted in full. 6% uplift 2025/26
### *ECONOMY BILLS*
- *Inflation down*: 11.1% → _2.8% April 2026_. ONS
- *Growth*: 0.7% Q1 2026. Fastest in G7. ONS
- *Interest rates cut 6 times*: 5.25% → 3.75%. Mortgages £200/mth cheaper. Bank of England
- *£150BN investment secured*: Clean energy, tech, manufacturing. DBT May 2026
- *£22bn Tory black hole being closed*: No austerity. OBR
- *VAT cut to 5%*: Kids meals, zoos, theme parks summer 2026
- *100 food tariffs suspended*: Cuts fruit, veg, pasta prices. DBT May 2026
- *GB Energy solar*: 200 schools 200 NHS sites. Bills cut by thousands
- *Council tax*: Single person 25% discount protected
- *Household Support Fund extended*: £842m additional funding to help most vulnerable with cost of essentials. Delivered via local councils. Blackburn with Darwen, Wolverhampton, Wirral and councils nationwide
- *Green Economy*: Worth _£100bn a year_. 1m jobs. CBI Economics, June 2026
- *Renewables*: Zero-carbon sources = 60% of electricity winter/spring. Wind up to 31% of mix. Cleve Hill Solar Park commissioned. 800MW Springwell Solar farm approved. _Great British Energy Act_ driving Clean Power by 2030. Record planning approvals. Household solar battery payback 7-10 years.
- *Small business support*: £4m to strengthen debt advice services. Support for 16,000 firms and sole traders
- *Universal United Kingdom Resort*: Backing one of largest ever UK tourism investments. 28,000 jobs. Nearly £50bn for economy